Chicago Fire falls short against DC United with a final score of 2-1

Minerva Ruiz Vice President, People & Culture | Chicago Fire FC Website

By Chicago City Wire

Sep 7, 2024

Chicago Fire FC Falls 2-1 to D.C. United

Sep 7, 2024

Bridgeview, Ill. (Sept. 7, 2024) – Chicago Fire FC (6-14-8, 26 points) fell 2-1 to D.C. United (8-12-8, 32 points) on Saturday night at SeatGeek Stadium.

The Fire fell behind in the first half after conceding twice in a three-minute span. The visitors opened the scoring in the 26th minute through league-leading scorer Christian Benteke and doubled their lead in the 29th minute with a goal from Gabriel Pirani.

Chicago defender Andrew Gutman scored his first goal for his hometown club in the 54th minute, blasting a powerful shot from outside the 18-yard box to cut into the deficit. With the assist on Gutman’s goal, winger Maren Haile-Selassie now leads the team in assists with eight in 2024.

NEXT MATCH: Chicago will conclude a three-game homestand against the New York Red Bulls on Saturday, Sept. 14 at Soldier Field. The match is scheduled to kick off at 7:30 p.m. CT and will be broadcast globally on MLS Season Pass and transmitted locally in Spanish on WRTO 1200 AM and in English on 890 WLS-AM.

Notes:

Andrew Gutman scored his first goal for Chicago Fire in his 100th career MLS start.

With the assist on Gutman’s goal, Maren Haile-Selassie surpassed Hugo Cuypers in goal contributions (13) in 2024. Currently in his second season with the Fire, Haile-Selassie has recorded eleven goals and twelve assists in fifty-five regular-season matches (forty starts), including five goals and eight assists this year.

Fabian Herbers entered the match in the seventy-fourth minute, becoming only the second German-born player to play two hundred Major League Soccer matches after Julian Gressel. Herbers has played one hundred forty-seven of his two hundred matches with Chicago Fire and is currently its longest-tenured player.

Defender Rafael Czichos (yellow card accumulation) and Chase Gasper (leg); midfielders Ariel Lassiter (international duty) and Mauricio Pineda (leg); and forward Georgios Koutsias (international duty) were unavailable for today’s match.

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Box Score:

Chicago Fire FC:

Goals:

DCU - Benteke (Klich) – min '26

DCU - Pirani (Klich) – min '29

CHI - Gutman (Haile-Selassie) – min '54

Discipline:

CHI - Gutman – Yellow Card min '45+1

DCU - Badji – Yellow Card min '73

DCU - Klich – Yellow Card min '90

Lineups:

Chicago Fire FC: GK Brady; D Souquet (Dean ’86), D Terán, D Gutman (Herbers ’74), D Arigoni (Barlow ’46); M Haile-Selassie; M Gutiérrez; M Acosta (Reynolds ’74); M Giménez; F Cuypers

Subs not used: GK Richey; D Salquist; M Mueller; M Navarro; M Casas Jr.

D.C. United: GK Bono; D Bartlett; D Santos; D Tubbs (Canouse ’83); D McVey; M Stroud(Murrell ‘68); M Pirani(Ku-DiPietro ‘57); M Rodríguez ;M Klich ;F Dáhome ;F Benteke(capt.)Badji(‘68)

Subs not used: GK Zamudio ;D Sargis ;M Garay

Stats Summary:

CHI / DCU

Shots: 6 /10

Shots on Goal : 2/3

Saves : 1/1

Passing Accuracy : 85% /75%

Corners : 3/4

Fouls : 10/12

Offsides : 0/0

Possession % : 65% /35%

Attendance:16 ,426